Mesa man found guilty of sexually assaulting two babysitters in 2017

PHOENIX – A jury on Thursday found a Mesa man guilty of sexually assaulting two babysitters, both of legal age, in separate incidents in 2017.

Dion Earl, 47, was convicted of sexual abuse, kidnapping, assault and public sexual indecency in Maricopa County Superior Court and is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 11.

He was arrested in October 2017 after two women, an 18-year-old and a 21-year-old, reported that Earl had assaulted them when they were babysitting his young daughters. The incidents at Earl’s home in Mesa occurred a month apart.

Authorities say the women didn’t know each other and came forward with their allegations at different times.